. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. BSERVERS who witnessed from day to day the construction of the great Brooklyn Bridge were often heard to remark, as they looked up with awe from the ferry-boats beneath at the workmen suspended everywhere among the net-work of cables, "Those men look just like spiders in a ; The com- parison seemed irresistible, and the writer heard it expressed many times. But how few who gave utterance to the sentiment realized the full significance of the " spider " allusion,
. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. BSERVERS who witnessed from day to day the construction of the great Brooklyn Bridge were often heard to remark, as they looked up with awe from the ferry-boats beneath at the workmen suspended everywhere among the net-work of cables, "Those men look just like spiders in a ; The com- parison seemed irresistible, and the writer heard it expressed many times. But how few who gave utterance to the sentiment realized the full significance of the " spider " allusion, or for a moment reflected that the span itself was, in many particulars of its construction, but a par- allel of an engineering feat of which the spider was the earliest discoverer. Yet among all the distinguished names engraved upon the memorial. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York : Harper & Brothers
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